Best Places to Eat in North Jakarta

By Isny Dewi R

27 Aug 2019

5 places to eat and hangout in North Jakarta.

People who live in North Jakarta, now it’s easier to find a place to hang out and pampering your tongue at the same time. Because, now there are many places to eat or cafes that offer a variety of delicious dishes with Instagramable designs in this city. You can see five of them below.

1. Food MarketBegan operating last year, Food Market is located on Jalan Danau Sunter Utara, Sunter. This place has a food court concept. Inside there are various food stands. Halal and non-halal food, local and international can be found here such as Saltesse, Hokkaido Ice Cream Puff, Kebab Bandies, Chicky Licky, Wochao, Pak Kris Calamari, Mangkok Pizza, and many more. For prices ranging from Rp. 30 thousand to Rp. 200 thousand. If you come on Saturday night, you will also be entertained by live music. It's fun, right?

2. Take A BiteThis place is quite unique because it’s designed like a castle. From the outside, Take A Bite (TAB) looks like Hogwarts Castle, a school of magic in Harry Potter films. The interior is not much different, designed almost like in the film, with platform 9 ¾, a trolley filled with white owls.

For the food, there are pasta, burger, steak, and mix platter menu ideal for ordering when you coming with friends. Food prices here range from Rp. 25 thousand to Rp. 95 thousand. While the drinks, you can try their drinks whose names are also inspired by Harry Potter films, such as Butterbeer, Amortentia, Mad-eye Potion, Polyjuice Potion, and Cacaroto Elixir. The price ranges from Rp. 25 thousand to Rp. 35 thousand.

3. The GardenAs the name implies, The Garden is a cafe that has a concept like garden. The cafe in PIK (Pantai Indah Kapuk) is full of plants and flowers that make it beautiful and certainly very perfect to be used as a background photo.

In addition to take pictures, here you can also pamper your tongue with a large selection of food. The recommended menu at The Garden are Heaven Smoked Salmon Sashimi with Wasabi (Rp. 95 thousand), Vietnamese Steak Tartare with Prawn Crackers (Rp. 130,000), Satay Lidah Padang (Rp. 70,000), and Duck Truffle Bun (Rp. 60,000).

With the slogan "A Lively Place to Meet, Eat, Drink & Repeat", The Garden will also entertain visitors with acoustic music performances every Wednesday, Classic Rock every Friday, and Alternative every Saturday. Cool!

4. Warung WakakaThe hangout place which opened since 23 April 2017, has a modern street concept. Various menu that worth a try here include Sate Taichan, Salted Egg Fried Rice, Spicy Thai Rice, Grilled Chicken Sandwich to a variety of martabak. To accompany your meals, don't forget to order drinks that make your throat cool like Yakult Special Wakaka, Lava Drinks, and don't miss their coffee as well.

About the price no need to worry! Everything is relatively cheap. Starting from Rp. 18 thousand to Rp. 75 thousand for the food, while the drinks are priced starting from Rp. 15 thousand to Rp. 35 thousand. Because the price is cheap, it's no wonder that the visitors are dominated by students.

5. PochajjangThe last one is somewhat newer, because it was just opened this year. Pochajjang is the newest restaurant owned by KULO Group, which is known for its coffee drinks. Carrying the concept of Korean street food, Pochajjang can be an alternative for Korean BBQ fans who want to eat All You Can Eat (AYCE) at affordable prices.